On The Move

(NEENAH, Wis.) - Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company is pleased to announce that Mike Alexander has joined the organization as Senior Vice President of Commercial Lines, overseeing all aspects of commercial lines operations and sales.

“I’m very excited to have Mike Alexander join the Jewelers Mutual team, and I’m looking forward to our business continuing to grow and develop in exciting new ways,” said Scott Murphy, president and CEO. “Mike is a natural leader, and he brings strong leadership traits, analytical skills and a successful history of sales and agency partners to our team.”

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - At its annual meeting in Las Vegas the Diamond Council of America’s (DCA) Board of Directors created a new lineup for itself. Bill Luth (Zale Division of Signet Jewelers) was elected Chairman of the Board. Pete Engel (Fred Meyer Jewelers) became Vice President, Steve Velasquez (Bailey, Banks, and Biddle) became Secretary/Treasurer, and Bud Fluty (Absolute Brilliance) moved to the position of Past Chairman.

(DALLAS) - Elemetal, LLC, one of the largest American-owned precious metals conglomerates, announced strategic name changes to its subsidiaries to better reflect their membership within the Elemetal family of precious-metals companies, and their industry-leading range of products and services.

Elemetal serves more than 25,000 companies, ranging from small, independent businesses to large corporations, meeting all of their recycling, refining, minting, bullion-storage and related precious-metals needs. Elemetal produces good delivery gold and silver, certified by LBMA and COMEX.

(NEENAH, Wis.) - Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company recognized its top agencies and agents during the annual awards ceremony held at their National Sales Conference.

President’s Club & Centerstone Circle

Agencies were named to the President’s Club and Centerstone Circle in recognition of their efforts to serve Jewelers Mutual policyholders. President’s Club and Centerstone Circle agents are characterized by their excellence in jewelers block expertise and their efforts to serve Jewelers Mutual policyholders.

(AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands) - TW Steel, the global lifestyle brand renowned for being “Big in Oversized Watches,” went into its first ever appearance at JCK Las Vegas bolstered by key hires to TW Steel USA Inc.

The company has announced the appointment of Mr. Herschel Hiat to the new role of Executive Vice President North America. Prior to joining TW Steel USA Inc., Herschel was Senior Vice President of Sales for M. Z. Berger Watch Company and before this he was Executive Vice President, National Accounts for Bulova Watch Company.

(NEW YORK) - Well-known industry writer and gemologist Diana Jarrett gathered an armful of awards from the Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies, Inc. for their Bulletin Editors Contest reports the New York Mineralogical Club. Jarrett is already a multi-award winning journalist to the trade and countless consumer publications.

This year’s awards included the top billing Trophy for Educational Articles-Advanced for her reportage of the legendary Russian jeweler Fabergé in “Uncovering Fabergé.” She also accepted Third Place Written Features award for her Bulgari retrospective, “A Dazzling Display”. Lastly, her annual coverage of the Tucson Gem and Mineral Shows, “What Went Down at Tucson” earned 5th Place in the Non-Technical Articles division.

(LAFAYETTE, La.) – Sales and business development executive, Gary Davis has joined Stuller as the new vice president of sales.

A Georgia native, Gary brings 20+ years of experience in leadership and problem solving in marketing, business development, sales management, and operations to Stuller’s sales team. Immediately prior to joining Stuller, Gary served as vice president-business development at QSpex Technologies, Inc.